The THIRD DEGREE - Fall 2013

The

THIRD DEGREE The Journal of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa at the University of Maryland

Summer 2013

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HOMECOMING 2013!HOMECOMING 2013!HOMECOMING 2013! with the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappawith the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappawith the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

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Much More Than Just A Game...

Fall 2013 The THIRD DEGREE 1

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A Final Thought... 48 44 Chapter Eternal On the Cover

Our Cover features photos taken by our First Lady, and frequent photographic contributor, Grace M. Criscuoli, Kappa Alpha Theta, Class of ‘83.

Another Great Event

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Alumni Notes

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Chapter News

SIX COLUMNS

2 Fall 2013 The THIRD DEGREE

Joseph E. Criscuoli, ‘82, Editor

Executive Committee

Todd B. Hoffman ‘82 Secretary

Silver Spring, Maryland

Peter J. Della-Croce ‘99 Treasurer

Columbia, Maryland

John J. B. Wright, Esq. ‘82 Second Vice-President Burtonsville, Maryland

Wayne H. Bethards ‘59 First Vice-President Columbia, Maryland

Joseph E. Criscuoli, ‘82

President Laurel, Maryland

Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

12806 Silverbirch Lane Laurel, Maryland 20708

301-206-5472

www.alumni.psk-eta.com

[email protected]

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Out on a Limb.

W ell, here we are - Fall has arrived and with it the 7th Edition of “The THIRD DEGREE.” This is the issue that many of you have been waiting for...just as many of you have been waiting for Homecoming, news about the

Chapter, the Chapter House and all sorts of details associated with all things Eta. In this issue, we have also gone out on a limb - a somewhat dangerous limb. A financially dangerous limb. We have sent a copy of this issue of our magazine to each and every Brother who has ever been a member of the association. Why? Because we think that the quality of this publication is enough to justify the membership renewals that we need to thrive in this, our fourth year of operations. So, there are a number of you who are reading this and just now learning that you may be receiving this magazine for the last time. If there is a Membership Renewal sheet attached to your copy of this issue, I need you to take a moment - just a moment - and renew your membership. Please don’t wait. And please don’t put this aside I really want to be able to send you the next issue of our magazine. Please do the right thing - and, of course, enjoy the read.

Damn Proud,

editor’s desk

Helping Hands We are so very thankful for the efforts of our dedicated land-lords, the Department of Fra-ternity and Sorority Life, who resolved a steam leak that had resulted in the excavation of our basketball court and then turned around and installed a really terrific court, complete with “appropriate Phi Sig brand-ing”, A special word of thanks to Bob Nichols for all of his work in helping us to help him to realize the vision of a “Castle on the Row,” and to Eta Housing Cor-poration President John J. B. Wright, Esq. '82 for his tireless efforts on behalf of the active chapter.

Featured on Page 5 In case you wondered how the Eta Chapter is doing, there was a darn fine write-up on Eta in the Summer 2013 edition of the Signet (at right). Eta even got a photo in the issue. If you are not receiving the Signet, drop us a line via e-mail at [email protected] and we’ll be sure that you are “on the list”.

A “Baker’s Dozen” of New Eta Alumni

Graduation is always a time to enjoy, and your very own Eta Alumni Association enjoyed add-ing 13 new alumni, as shown in the photo below, to our rolls.

EDITION ETA THE ETA NEWS BRIEFS SUMMER 2013

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Front Row: (left to right) Ryan Leikin, Keaton Pavier, Logan Miller, Steven Albright, Doug Astler, Phil Andemicael, Cameron Merriman

Back Row: (left to right) Lorin Pierson, Victor Alonso, Cameron Vollmuth, Gavin Bedell, Christopher Flood, Charles Ng


online READING IS FUNDAMENTAL It gives us great pleasure to see our active members, like Steven Lopez (at right), read-ing each and every issue of our award-winning magazine, “The THIRD DEGREE.” But, did you know that each and every one of our six previous “sold out” issues are available to be read online? Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and yes, you can read each and every page that chronicled the resurgence of the Eta Chapter and the Eta Alumni Association. Just visit our website at www.alumni.eta-psk.com and click on the page named “third degree”.

WORTH 1,000 WORDS Over the past three years we have amassed a large number of photos - so many that we have our very own Photo Vault. But, what about you? Do you have old photos from your days as an active member of the Eta Chapter that you’d like to share? The Eta Alumni Association invites you to submit photos on CD or DVD that we can upload into our photo vault. Interested? Drop us an e-mail - you may become our next featured photographer. http://etaalumnivault.smugmug.com/

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION During the 2013-2014 school year, the University of Maryland is celebrating 100 Years of Fraternity & Sorority Life. Many events are planned through-out the year to celebrate this anniversary. Check out their website at http://greek.umd.edu/ and plan to attend one or more of these events, and be sure to wear your letters, OK?

- TTD.

The

THIRD DEGREE could be published three times a

year by the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa if, and only if, the financial support is there to allow it.

Barring the emergence of the support

necessary, future editions may be limited to Sustaining Members only,

the publication may be reduced to an all black and white document, or the publication may be available only as

a digital document available for downloading from the internet.

Subscription rates for the USA: a minimum of $35.00 per year, of

which only $30.00 is retained by your Alumni Association. Larger donations

are eagerly sought. Subscription requests and donations, along with an Alumni Data Sheet, should be sent to: Eta Alumni Association of

Phi Sigma Kappa, 12806 Silverbirch Lane, Laurel, MD 20708

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Association of Phi Sigma Kappa, beyond those associated with printing and mailing, and was

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By these things we stand.


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Homecoming Weekend Guide Homecoming Weekend Guide

Presented by the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

SPECIAL INSERT TO THE THIRD DEGREE

October 25th - 26th, 2013


No matter how far you have travelled, let us be the first to welcome you back to the College Park campus of the University of Maryland for what we hope will be an event to remember...Homecoming Weekend with the Eta Alumni of Phi Sigma Kappa. To help make this event a special one, your alumni association has prepared this guide, complete with suggested events, alternative activities and other details we hope you’ll appreciate. If there is anything we can do to assist you, please don’t hesitate to ask. Welcome, Brothers! - The Executive Committee of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

WelcomeWelcome

The Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa www.alumni.psk-eta.com

...for the Next 100 Years of Your Eta Chapter

Alumni Alumni Homecoming Homecoming

TailgateTailgate andand

Maryland Maryland vs. vs. ClemsonClemson in College Park, Maryland

RSVP to [email protected] to

ensure we have an accurate headcount and to offer any help you can provide.

Members & Family: FREE 1. Just send an e-mail prior to 10/19 to

[email protected] with the number of attendees in your party and you’re done.

Non-Members*: $35.00 per person 1. Send an e-mail prior to 10/19 to

[email protected] with the number of attendees in your party.

2. Mail your check (to arrive before 10/25) payable to “Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa” to 12806 Silverbirch Lane, Laurel, MD 20708

*Brothers may choose renew/join online at our website www.alumni.psk-eta.com

BE A PART OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION During the 2013-2014 school year, the University of Maryland is celebrating

100 Years of Fraternity & Sorority Life. Many events are planned throughout the year to celebrate this anniversary.

Check out their website at http://greek.umd.edu/ and plan to attend one or more of these events,

and be sure to wear your letters, OK?

MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW!


FRIDAY

25 07:00 TO 9:30 PM Reception at the Chapter HouseReception at the Chapter House

Join us to "meet and greet" with friends both old and new, and prepare for the big game. Kick-off Homecoming Weekend with your Brothers at our NEW Chapter House at #2 Fraternity Row. Tour our new home, meet the active members and enjoy a “family-friendly” event before the big game. Light refreshments will be available, but University regulations preclude alcohol at this event. After this event, alumni will head off to their favorite “watering holes” for tall tales and memories.

SATURDAY

26 Before the Game Alumni TailgateAlumni Tailgate

The Eta Alumni Association will gather for our 4th Annual Tailgate to be held in Lot 1. Typically we begin three hours before the announced game time, but be sure to RSVP so we know how much food and drink to have on hand and so you have any late-breaking news. Alumni, family and friends are welcome to take part in this Alumni Ritual and also meet the new Brothers of the Eta Chapter. Suggested attire is “Come as You Are.” If you would like to attend, please be sure to read the preceding page carefully so you’ve attended to all the arrangements you’ll want to make in order to enjoy a terrific event.

SUNDAY

27 OPEN Options for An Easy SundayOptions for An Easy Sunday

Sunday Services of every denomination can be found very close to the UMUC Marriott. Please consult the Marriott Reception desk for additional information and directions.

+ + ...an Unbeatable Combination...an Unbeatable Combination

Ledo’s, a Terp Tradition since 1955 is a great place for lunch. The original restaurant was opened in 1955 by Tommy Marcos, Sr. The family moved the restaurant to their new location in College Park and it is still owned and operated by Tommy, Jr. and Jimmy. A landmark for years, serving famous pizza and other specialties, it is now located at 4509 Knox Road in the heart of Downtown College Park (www.ledorestaurant.com).


Tour the Campus: A Campus Map and Tour directions with Highlights is available at our website “Events” page at www.alumni.psk-eta.com. Visit the Comcast Center and view

Maryland's Hall of Fame Stop by the Visitor Center and Dairy

at Turner Lab for some great ice cream

The Stamp Student Union features the Maryland Store and Food Court - gifts and grub all in one place

The Art Gallery at the Art-Sociology Building for unique displays of con-temporary art

Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center / Moxley Gardens and PSK Gates

Tour College Park: Shopping and Dining in the best little college town in America! For a complete listing of all College Park has to offer, visit: http://shopcollegepark.org Big Planet Comics College Park Bicycles Maryland Book Exchange The University Shop College Park Aviation Museum collegeparkaviationmuseum.com Jason's Deli RJ Bentley's Filling Station Cornerstone Grill (formerly the

Rendezvous Inn)

Visit the Smithsonian Museums: An easy ride on METRO Rail from the College Park Station. Free Park-ing. Stay on the Green Line, no transferring, proceed directly to the Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quar-ter Metro Station. College Park Station: 4931 Calvert Road, College Park, MD 20740 (1.5 mi. from the UMUC Marriott) Golf: Grab some "hardy" Alumni friends and brave the weather at the University of Maryland Golf Course. For Tee Times / Rates and Booking: http://golf.umd.edu/sites/courses/

Dining OptionsDining Options Breakfast Starbucks - Lobby Level of the Con-ference Center building of the UMUC Marriott. As you enter the Lobby from the front entrance, turn left.

Garden Restaurant - Lobby Level of the Conference Center building of the UMUC Marriott. Open for break-fast, lunch and dinner. Attire: Casual. 301-985-7326

Lunch / Dinner: RJ Bentley's Filling Station Enjoy our large outdoor patio. 7323 Baltimore Avenue College Park, MD 20740 301-277-8898

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill 7242 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 301-864-6118

Cornerstone Grill 7325 Baltimore Avenue (corner of US Route 1/Baltimore Avenue and Knox Road) 301-779-7044

Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery, and General Store 5123 Baltimore Ave. Hyattsville, MD. (4 mi. South of campus on Route 1) 301-927-2740

On Campus: Adele’s Restaurant - Elegant dining right inside the Stamp Student Union building. 301-314-8022

Student Union Food Court McDonald’s Moby Dick House of Kabob Panda Express Saladworks Sbarro Sushi by Panda Subway Taco Bell Chick-fil-A

Mulligan’s Grill and Pub Located in the clubhouse at the UM Golf Course. 301-314-6630

Local AttractionsLocal Attractions For additional choices, see Washington.org and Baltimore.org

The Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

...for the Next 100 Years of Your Eta Chapter

Terps. Tradition. Time. Talent. Treasure….

...and Triumph.


Moving into the Fall 2013 Semester, Eta is in the best position to succeed since our rechartering two and half years ago. Recently the Eta brotherhood has improved by leaps and bounds over the past year and even semester. The spring semester was a particularly successful and enjoyable time for the chapter, starting even be-fore the first day of classes. Thirty-two brothers from Eta were contacted by Radford alumnus Rus-sell Lee and Sonco Fencing Company and employed to help setup barricades for the Presidential Inaugu-ration. Working over twenty hours between Sunday evening and until Tuesday morning, the brothers setup barricades along the streets of Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue and side streets.

The semester began en-ergized and the energy continued throughout the semester. Eta had our largest single asso-ciate class since rechar-tering, with 17 associ-ates initiated in March of 2013. Many of the newly initiated brothers now hold leadership positions in the chapter including Treasurer, Social Chairman, Rush Chairman and House Manager. Eta can look forward to big things from our younger members. Athletically Eta also exceeded expecta-tions - featuring a third-place finish in the Indoor Soccer A League and a third-place finish with the sisters of Sigma Delta Tau in Greek Week Football. Our A and B Basketball teams combined for three playoff victories. In April the Eta Executive Board and our elder Founding Father members served as the ritual team for the rechartering of the Phi Theta Chapter at Shippensburg University. This was a huge honor and great experience. The semester ended with a Spring Formal at the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

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EETATA CCHAPTERHAPTER NNEWSEWS News Briefs from the Eta Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa at the University of Maryland

From the President’s Desk John L. P. Wright ‘15

Brothers Zach Neigh ('14), Lorin Pierson (‘13) and Cameron Merriman ('13) talk while on a break setting up barricades along Pennsylvania Avenue for the Inauguration.

Brothers Cameron Vollmuth ('13), Logan Miller (‘13) and Scott Irace ('14) celebrate after a long day serving as members of the ritual team for Phi Theta's rechartering.


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From the President’s Desk (continued)

At this year’s University of Maryland Greek Life Awards ceremony, Eta was a top four finalist for the IFC’s Most Improved Chapter Award - marking vast strides achieved over the past school year. In early August at the 64th National Convention in Palm Springs, California, the Eta actives brought home five special achievement awards out of a total of ten categories. Eta won awards for Chapter Op-erations, Diversity Initiatives, Philanthropy Partici-pation, Scholarship and New Member Education. Moving into the 2013-2014 school year the Eta Chapter has big plans and goals. Our first major plan for the next year is to host a major, profitable philanthropy event to benefit the Special Olympics, Phi Sig’s national Philanthropy.

The 2015 Special Olympics World Games is held in Los Angeles, and our goal is to raise over $2,500.00 to sponsor an athlete for these games. To raise funds and benefit our cause we are planning an event, Ro-deo on the Row. Rodeo on the Row will be a carni-val-style event featuring a mechanical bull, photo booth, carnival games and food. Our event will be scheduled on a Saturday in late September or early October. We would like to encourage any and all alumni to come out. Our other big plans for the fall include a new fund-raising plan by Brother Casellas (’11) designed to sell Maryland tank tops and koozies, and socially

our social chairs have been working hard to arrange socials with Maryland’s finest sorority women. Eta is aiming for a large fall associate class and, with the rush schedule finalized, we’re looking forward to our first in-house miniature golf course and are planning to include our bid dinner with the alumni/active fall cookout. With a full chapter house and plenty of energy, Eta looks forward to having a strong year and damn good semester. John Wright, from Burtonsville, Maryland, majors in Civil Engineering, is serving the second of two semesters as Chapter President beginning in September of 2013.

Brother Brandon Madsen ('14) leads Eta to a Third Place in Greek Week Flag Football over FIJI. Chicks really dig the battle scar.

Eta Brothers (from left to right) Brothers John Wright ('15), Austin Carroll ('14), Steven Lopez ('15), Frank Hacken-burg ('15), Alex Raul ('15) and Lorin Pierson ('13) attend the PSK Regional Conclave in January, this year hosted by the chapter at George Mason University.


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An Alumni Visit to the Eta Chapter HouseAn Alumni Visit to the Eta Chapter House

Jim Charanis ‘87 recently visited the Chapter House at #2 Fraternity Row and shared these photos and captions.

Here they are - enjoying the game with a big freaking TV! Definitely more ‘skins fans than Eagles but there were a few. I'm sure they are much happier right now.

They are good fund raisers (I bought three t-shirts fea-turing a cleverly-morphed Terp/Natty Bo dude). And they have pretty competitive soccer and football teams. The IFC started a football league of their own and they are psyched about that.

It's rush week - these guys are pretty sharp. The house is immaculate and the Brothers are cordial, friendly and informative.

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The "study" room - freaking beautiful - better chairs than I have seen at the bank board-rooms I visit.


The Members of the Eta Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa at the

University of Maryland are pleased to announce the results of recent elections

and introduce the members of the

Eta Executive Council and Chairmen

for the Fall 2013 Semester.

President John Wright** Vice President Danny Tatum Secretary Eric Phelps* Treasurer Eli Bergman Sentinel Alex Raul Inductor Yaniv Stern Alumni Chair Justin Oheniser Athletics Chair Dennis Tran Away Weekend Austin Sichling Brandon Madsen Noah Mandell Brotherhood Chair Zach McHugh Zach Neigh Steve Lopez Community Service Josh Lee Expectations Chair Josh Bernstein Gian Marcano Internal Philanthropy Luke Barsotti Frank Hackenburg External Philanthropy Kevin Valdivia Fundraising Chair Rafael Casellas Meyyappan Thenappan Historian Scott Irace Homecoming Chair Evan Schroder Ray Bounds IFC Representative Danny Mackey Parliamentarian Noah Mandell PR Chair Nick Martinazzi Recruitment Chair Austin Carroll Kyle Deutchman Scholarship Chair Noah Mandell Michael Hughes Serenades Chair Joseph Ayoub Danny Mackey Social Chair Joe Keenan Santiago Noguera Jordan Washer Web Administrator Jeremy Harman * Re-Elected to the Secretary position. ** Serving 2nd Semester of President’s Term.

Congratulations and Good Luck to all the Officers of the Eta Chapter!

Rush Flyer Features Well-Known Art

This semester, Recruitment Chair Austin Carroll wanted to update the primary promotional item used by the Eta Chapter - their Rush Flyer. Carroll requested the assistance of Joe Criscuoli ’82 in revising and updating a flyer that was first used when the chapter moved to #2 Fraternity Row. The previous rush flyer had featured the Chap-ter of the Year Award received from the International Headquar-ters. But this time around Austin wanted an image of our flags in flight. Criscuoli picked-up the image from the cover of the last issue of “The THIRD DEGREE” which was shot by our First Lady, Grace Criscuoli. Not sure if it was the image, or the flyer, but reports from the Chapter say that Rush has been outstanding for the Brothers of the Eta Chapter.

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Fall 2012 Election Results


Eta Chapter Roster Eta Chapter Roster -- Fall 2013Fall 2013

Help find a potential member for the Eta Chapter, someone from a hometown or a high school listed above. Please let us know at [email protected] and we’ll forward the names to our Chapter Rush Chairman.

Name Grad. Major Hometown Adams, Shawn 2015 Animal Science Mt. Airy, MD Linganore High School Alfonso, Allen 2014 Chemical Eng. U. Marlboro, MD Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School Ayoub, Joseph 2016 Bioengineering Ellicott City, MD Centennial High School Barsotti, Luke 2015 Computer Science Eldersburg, MD Calvert Hall College High School Bergman, Eli 2016 Civil Engineering Rockville, MD Thomas Wootton High School Bernstein, Joshua 2015 Aerospace Eng. Fair Lawn, NJ Fair Lawn High School Bhatia, Bunty 2013 Mechanical Eng. Frederick, MD Urbana High School Bounds, Raymond 2014 Aerospace Eng. Hockessin, DE Salesianuum High School (Wilmington DE) Brandt, Steven 2015 Aerospace Eng. Yorktown Hts, NY Yorktown High School Carroll, Austin 2014 Int’l Bus. & Mgmt Ellicott City, MD Marriotts Ridge High School Casellas, Rafael 2015 Business Rockville, MD Walter Johnson High School Deutschmann, Kyle 2016 Business Columbia, MD Atholton High School Gagner, David Jr. 2015 Engineering Potomac, MD Churchill High School Glatz, William 2014 Biochem.Cell Bio Rockville, MD Richard Montgomery High School Goodrich, Patrick 2016 Accounting/French Annapolis, MD Archbishop Spalding High School Grobaker, Chris 2014 Communications Howard Co., MD Loyola Blakefield High School Hackenburg, Frank 2015 Aerospace Eng. Mastic, NY William Floyd High School Harman, Jeremy 2016 Computer Science Columbia, MD Oakland Mills High School Hughes, Michael 2015 Chemical Eng. Bel Air, MD Bel Air High School Irace, Scott 2014 Letters & Sciences Great River, NY East Islip High School Keenan, Joseph 2014 Kinesiology Clark, NJ Arthur L. Johnson High School Lee, Joshua 2014 Mechanical Eng. Potomac, MD Richard Montgomery High School Li, Michael 2015 Fin. & Info. Sys. Rockville, MD Walter Johnson HS Lopez, Steven 2015 Kinesiology Forest Hill, MD C. Milton Wright High School Macaluso, Andrew 2014 Cell Bio./Genetics Carlisle, PA Carlisle High School Mackey, Daniel 2016 Civil Engineering Ellicott City, MD Wilde Lake High School Madsen, Brandon 2014 Biology West Windsor, NJ West Windsor North High School Mandell, Noah 2014 Physics Gurnee, IL Warren Township High School

Name Grad. Major Hometown Marcano, Gian 2015 Finance Gaithersburg, MD Martinazzi, Nick 2016 Landscape Arch. New Market, MD Linganore High School McHugh, Zachary 2015 Mech. Eng. Ellicott City, MD Centennial High School Morris, Carlton 2016 Undecided Blacklick, OH Columbus Academy Neigh, Zachary 2014 Atmos./Oce. Sci. Easton, PA Bangor Area High School Noguera, Santiago 2016 Civil Eng./Arch. Bethesda, MD Winston Churchill High School Ohneiser, Justin 2014 Mech. Eng. Ashburn, VA Broad Run High School Paredes, Jacob 2016 Economics Columbia, MD Long Reach High School Paul, Adam 2016 Business Hartsdale, NY Ardsley High School Phelps, Eric 2014 Mech. Eng. Frederick, MD Linganore High School Pirolli, Nick 2015 Biology Frederick, MD Urbana High School Raul, Alexander 2015 Aero. Eng. Silver Spring, MD James Hubert Blake High School Romanov, Vitaliy 2016 Bethesda, MD Walter Johnson High School Schnitzer, Adam 2015 Fin. & Oper. Mgt Baltimore, MD Carver Center for Arts and Technology Schroeder, Evan 2014 Architecture Hillsborough, NJ Hillsborough High School Shea, Matthew 2015 Accounting Lagrangeville, NY Arlington High School Shiang, Sean 2015 Finance/Acctg. Olney, MD Sichling, Austin 2014 Mech. Engineering Greenport, NY Yorktown High School Stern, Yaniv 2014 Business Fair Lawn, NJ Fair Lawn High School Strauss, Daniel 2015 Physics Potomac, MD Thomas Wootton High School Struder, Eric 2014 Biology Mount Airy, MD South Carroll High School Tatum, Daniel 2015 Mech. Eng. Princeton Jct., NJ Notre Dame High School Thenappan, Meyyappan 2016 Bus./Comp Sci. Owings Mills, MD Carver Center for Arts and Technology Trainor, Brian 2015 Finance Yorktown Hts, NY Yorktown High School Tran, Dennis 2015 Acctg & Finance Rockville, MD Walter Johnson High School Valdivia, Kevin 2015 Engineering Ellicott City, MD Wilde Lake High School Washer, Jordan 2015 Economics Darien, CT Darien High School Wright, John 2015 Civil Engineering Burtonsville, MD Paint Branch High School Zhu, Kevin 2015 Economics Gaithersburg, MD Landon School


Why I Joined: Members of the Eta Chapter provide some insight into why they joined Maryland’s first fraternity.

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Eli Bergman '16 Civil Engineering Thomas Wootton High School Rockville, MD

As a freshman on a big campus I needed some direction for my four years. It's all good and fun to dabble in many areas but college is a time to grow as a man. Phi Sig gave me that direction and the opportunity to im-prove myself. It was at rush when I found a group of brothers that were all looking for a holistic college experi-ence. Simply from observing the brothers from the outside it was clear that Eta knew how to spend their short time at UMD the right way.

As a brother of Phi Sig I have been given the opportunity to make memories that will last for years to come. Areas where I have grown as a brother, just to name a few: memorizing, bocce playing, courting women, leadership, fire building, and singing. I hope to soon improve my skills in bull riding. From scoring a goal in a fraternity B league soccer game to visiting the Outer Banks for the first time on away weekend, my experience has been quite enriching. Brother Bergman was recently elected to the post of Treasurer of the Eta Chapter and will serve the first of two semesters in this office beginning in September of 2013.

Frank Hackenburg '15 Aerospace Engineering William Floyd High School Mastic, NY

Ever since I was a little kid, my father had told me stories about good times he had enjoyed with his fraternity brothers in college. While I did not initially plan to join Greek life when I went away to college, when some of my friends joined Phi Sigma Kappa during freshman year, the idea of joining became more enticing. Once they brought me around to meet the brothers I became inter-ested in learning more about the fraternity. Once I had learned about Phi Sigma Kappa's cardinal princi-ples of brotherhood, character, and scholarship as well as our frater-nity's overarching goal of creating better men, I was sold on the idea of joining.

Brother Hackenburg was recently selected to serve as the Philanthropy Chairman of the Eta Chapter for the Fall 2013 semester.

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Joe Keenan ‘14 Kinesiology Arthur L. Johnson HS Clark, New Jersey

As I came into my freshman year I knew I wanted to join Greek Life at some point in my college career. I began my spring semes-ter rushing a few different fraternities, but ultimately decided to wait until my sopho-more year – at least that was what I thought I was going to do. Phi Sigma Kappa had just been chartered and was having a mid-semester rush to try and get a few more men. One of the brothers reached out to me and I went out to a few rush events. I listened to them tell me about how we would have a house on fraternity row and become a top fraternity on campus. I bought into the idea of helping build this fraternity and wanted to be a part of it. I have been Homecoming Chair, Social Chair, and Vice-President and can graduate knowing I had a part in mak-ing the Eta Chapter what it is today.

Brother Keenan was recently selected to serve as the Social Chairman of the Eta Chapter for the Fall 2013 semester.

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Report from the 64th Convention

By Austin Carroll ‘14

My name is Austin Carroll, I’m currently a senior and the Rush Chairman for the Eta Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa. This is only my second year with the fraternity because I did my first two years of college at a community college. I absolutely loved the op-portunity to go to convention and see our brothers from around the U.S. One thing that really struck me was how well rounded we were. We’re not a fra-ternity about athletics and lifting, or academics and studying, or even drinking and women; We’re a fra-ternity about variety and brotherhood. You could tell that everyone at convention lived a life trying to emulate and exemplify our cardinal principals.

For me, there were two main highlights of the trip. The first was hearing the story behind the establishment of ESPN from its founder and CEO Bill Rasmussen. Bill is a great storyteller and had a lot of advice to aspiring en-

trepreneurs like my-self. The second highlight was par-ticipating in the breakout talks spon-sored by the organi-zation Phired-Up. These sessions gave me a lot of great ideas and shifted my idea about recruit-ment from one that was mainly focused on specific recruitment events, like “Meet the Greeks” and oth-ers that make up the traditional rush week, to one that is focused on constant recruiting around campus using different and new tactics to attract the best and the brightest student leaders.

In all, convention was a great time to hang out with all my brothers and learn a great deal about our fra-ternity in a beautiful place. Congratulations to all the alumni on their award for outstanding alumni chapter. I’m excited for the things that Phi Sigs will do in the future. Damn Proud !

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Eta Chapter Brothers Travel to the West Coast; Return with Enthusiasm

The Eta Chapter was well represented at the 64th Convention of Phi Sigma Kappa, held in Palm Springs, California Amongst the attendees were (left to right) Johnny Wright, Eli Berg-man, Austin Carroll, some weird guy making a ridiculous face in the background, and Alex Raul.

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Heard rumors indicating that interest in Greek Life is dying out? Well, not at UM. The crowds were huge at “Meet the Greeks” on September 9th (left) and Phi Sig worked the crowds in support of Fall Rush (above).

Nothing starts the Fall Semester off better than a “Chapter Work Day” - and all the Brothers were out in force to spruce up the chapter house in advance of Fall Rush. Under the supervision of Housing Corporation President John Wright, (clockwise from above left) [1] every detail is ad-dressed, even down to covering the bulletin boards with fabric. [2] Gotta slap a coat of paint on that wooden bench built by a previous associ-ate class as their gift to the chapter. [3] It is just amazing that the enthusiasm for weeding and planting the flower beds is exactly the same in College Park as it is at home. [4] With all the engineering majors in the chapter, making wooden trim for the bulletin boards is an easy task.

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Steve Cooper Bowie, Maryland Eta Class of 1979

I have been married for 27 years to Una, an AGD (1979), and have three daughters Megan (25), Katie (23), and Patricia (21). Megan is a social worker in Baltimore, Katie is starting graduate school in the fall at Trinity College, Dublin, and Patricia is a senior at UMBC. Patricia is following in my footsteps as she is the President of her sorority.

My undergraduate degree is in U.S. History and I have a M.A. in History and a M.L.S. I have worked in the archives, records, and information management field for 30 years and currently am the Assistant Records Program Manager at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. Previously, I worked at the National Archives for 23 years and the Maryland State Archives for 7 years.

The THIRD DEGREE: What first compelled you to become a member of Phi Sigma Kappa? Steve Cooper: My older brother, Sherod, was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa; and I knew many of the brothers so I felt right at home at Phi Sig from the very beginning. I joined with one of my friends from high school, Mike Miller ’79. Another of our friends, David Williams, joined Phi Sigma Kappa at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. TTD: What advice would you want to share with our current undergraduate members? Steve Cooper: Don’t be like I was….any time someone wanted to go out I was always ready to go. I had a great time at Phi Sig, although my grades weren’t as good as they should have been. Fortunately, they were good enough to get into graduate school. When my daughters started col-lege I told them to have fun but grades come first. I think that’s pretty good advice for any un-dergraduate. When I think about when I was in col-lege, it seems that every night was party night. Monday after meeting we went to the Vous, except for the times when we actually had the meeting at the Varsity Grille; Tuesday night was study night; Weds night was “dessert” night; Thursday was definitely party night ending with the Sigma Nu Vous; and then it was the weekend. TTD: What things did you learn as a member of Eta Chapter that have served you well in your life? Steve Cooper: Being involved in Phi Sig and serv-ing as an officer and President started me on a life of being involved in different organizations includ-ing church, PTA (President), and pool club (President for six years). I look forward to getting more involved in the Eta Alumni Association and seeing everyone at homecoming this year.

TTD: In his Alumni Profile in the 4th Issue of this magazine, Bruce Gordon (‘79) indicated that one of his most favorite memories of life as a member of Eta Chapter was you wearing the same bathrobe everyday for a year. Care to comment? Steve Cooper: Bruce – can you believe that Una threw away that blue bathrobe even before we got married? If I still had it I would have donated it to the chapter to place on display in the old TV room.

Steve at the new Phi Sig house standing in front of the plaque in memory of his brother Sherod, who was also a Phi Sig. He thanks all the brothers from 1970s who hon-ored his brother with this plaque.

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A Look Back: When Fraternity Row Really Was New! Pages from University of Maryland Yearbooks

The photo above was featured as the introduction to the Fraternities section in the 1951 Yearbook and shows Phi Sigs serenading a newly-pinned Sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma .


Photo research by Wayne H. Bethards ‘59

The photo below was featured as the introduction to the Fraternities section in the 1954 Yearbook and shows Phi Sigs with UM coeds, maybe sorority women, perhaps even dates, in the living room. Research has concluded that these Brothers are (left to right): Bill Morgan, Bill Holland, Bill Long, (Unknown), Jim Kelso, Jack Hayes, Ronnie Frank, Ken Paul, and Ivar “Stoney” Leius. If you know the identify of the Brother 4th from the left, please drop us a line



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Eta Brings Home Awards from Convention

Last year we revealed that the Eta Chapter had received three prestigious awards from the International Headquarters of Phi Sigma Kappa. Brother Chris McBeth was recognized as Chapter Adviser of the Year, the Eta Chapter was named Chapter of the Year, and the Eta Alumni Association completed this Triple Crown with an Alumni Club of the Year award. Well, this year Eta has done it again - bringing home some bling from the Convention.


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Top Left - The Active Chapter received five of the President’s Special Achievement Awards for Chapter Operations, Diversity Initiatives, Philanthropy Participation, Scholarship and New Member Education. Bottom Left - As you probably saw on the cover of this issue, your Eta Alumni Association was once again recognized as an Alumni Club of the Year. This is the second time in as many years that your association has been selected for this award. This Page - Joe Criscuoli ‘82 received the Founders Award. Established in 1952, the Founder's Award features a silver medal, mounted on a wooden base, bearing the official crest and the names of the Founding Fathers. It is presented to an alumnus of the Fraternity who has distinguished himself with outstanding service to his Fraternity, or chosen profession. The award was presented to Criscuoli by the Grand Council. Congratulations to all on their tireless efforts on behalf of the fraternity, and a tremendous thank-you to all our alumni members for your invaluable support.


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Who’s Been on the Row?Who’s Been on the Row?

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The inner houses of Fraternity Row (#3 - #12) were built in 1952 and occupied in 1953. The outer houses of Fraternity Row (# 1, 2, 13 and 14) were built at various times between 1959 and 1961.

#1 Fraternity Row Kappa Alpha ‘61 -

#2 Fraternity Row Sigma Alpha Mu ‘60 - ‘00 Pi Kappa Alpha ‘00 - ‘12 Phi Sigma Kappa ‘12 -

#3 Fraternity Row Delta Tau Delta ‘53 - ‘08 Tau Kappa Epsilon ‘08 -

#14 Fraternity Row Phi Sigma Delta ‘61 - ‘88 Merger with Zeta Beta Tau ‘88 - ‘09 Sigma Chi ‘09 -

#13 Fraternity Row Alpha Epsilon Pi ‘60 - ‘89 Sigma Phi Epsilon ‘89 - ‘00 Zeta Psi ‘00 -

#12 Fraternity Row Pi Beta Phi ‘53 - ‘91 Zeta Tau Alpha ‘91 -

Fraternity Row occupants and dates courtesy of Dr. Drury G. Bagwell and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Fraternity Row aerial courtesy of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Google.com. #7 Frat Row line artwork courtesy of Todd Hoffman ‘82.


#4 Fraternity Row Sigma Alpha Epsilon ‘53 - ‘05 Alpha Epsilon Pi ‘05 -

#5 Fraternity Row Phi Kappa Sigma ‘53 - ‘95 Phi Kappa Tau ‘95 -

#6 Fraternity Row Lambda Chi Alpha ‘53 - ‘75 Delta Upsilon ‘75 - ‘90 Beta Theta Pi ‘90 - ‘06 Delta Chi ‘06 -

#7 Fraternity Row Phi Sigma Kappa ‘53 - ‘01 Lambda Chi Alpha ‘01 -

#10 Fraternity Row Sigma Kappa ‘53 -

#9 Fraternity Row Gamma Phi Beta ‘53 - ‘99 Alpha Sigma Phi ‘99 -

#8 Fraternity Row Kappa Alpha Theta ‘53 - ‘93 Pi Kappa Phi ‘93 - ‘04 Sigma Phi Epsilon ‘04 -


A s the icy fingers of old man winter slowly re-lease their grip, Spring takes its first breaths of

nice weather and we all start to long for warm days. St. Patty's Day, Passover and Easter, Spring Break, each let us feel that the sunny days of Spring are finally here. Now, Spring will also be officially de-clared each year with Eta Chapter's Annual Open House event. This year confirmed this declara-tion. On April 25th, Eta Chapter held its Second Annual Open House. The day was beautiful - sunny, blue skies, temperature a lovely 72 de-grees. This year's Open House was held in conjunc-tion with MARY-LAND DAY, the University's an-nual campus-wide open house which draws tens of thousands of alumni and guests. Maryland Day and the great weather cooperated in giv-ing Eta a great turn out. Many parents and alumni showed up

And a Special VIP Guest. Michael Carey (center), Executive Vice President of Phi Sigma Kappa, attended our 2013 Open House, shown with 4 of the 5 members of the “most dangerous Alumni Association in the country” - (from left to right) Secretary Todd B. Hoffman ‘82, 2nd V.P. John J. B. Wright ‘82, President Joseph E. Criscuoli ‘82 and 1st V.P. Wayne H. Bethards ‘59. .

OPEN HOUSE

2013

Another Great Alumni Event

by John J.B. Wright ‘82 2nd Vice President

Eta Alumni Association

In the Boardroom. (left to right) Steve Malloy ‘76, Bruce Gordon ’79, Gene Atwell ‘77, John J. B. Wright ‘82, Joe Criscuoli ‘82, Gary Kull ’80, Matt Smalley ’80, and Todd Hoffman ‘82, had gathered in the Study Room to discuss why they didn't have a Study Room when they were undergrads.


to tour the House, meet the brothers and enjoy a ter-rific day. The Open House has become an especially mean-ingful event for the undergraduates who are new to the fraternity or in the process of Associating, giv-ing them the opportunity to introduce their parents to Maryland’s oldest, and finest, fraternity. You can tell which of the attendees are the new parents, as they first walk up to the house, by the look of appre-hension on their faces. Being greeted by their son's Brothers and the many alumni present, and upon seeing the pride of the Brothers in our Chapter House, their skeptical looks are soon replaced with ones of smiles and laughter. I had to smile when I heard one parent, while sitting on a bench with her son, say; "I understand now why you wanted to join this fraternity. I would like to live here." Many par-ents of upper classmen returned for their second Open House event. Holding the Open House on Maryland Day, provided an opportunity for their son to also show off the University. Many enjoyed returning to the House to talk with other parents and alumni that they had met the year before.

The undergraduate actives had the Chapter House looking like the Ritz. Red ribbons and flowers deco-rated the columns. A video presentation showing the Chapter's events and activities over the past year ran in the basement on their 60" television. Alumni en-joyed lounging in the Living Room on the leather

Making it Happen. Bob Nichols, Associate Director of the Department of Fraternity & Sorority Life, Michael Carey, Ex-ecutive Vice President of Phi Sigma Kappa, and John J. B. Wright, President of the Eta Housing Corporation, have done much to bring Phi Sigma Kappa to #2 Fraternity Row.

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A Day Filled with Smiles. Joe ‘66 and Sue Smith came down from Fallston, Maryland to check out the new chapter house and reunite with Brothers both old and new.

In Front of the Small Screen. Brother Meyyappan Thenappan and his family enjoy the food and refreshments provided by the Eta Alumni Association while sitting near the “smaller” television in the Dining Room.

It’s a Family Thing. Bruce Gordon ’79 (center) catches-up with Jim Allen ’77 (right) and Jim’s sister, Gail (left), who also was an Eta Chapter Little Sister.

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couches while they watched a video made from old 16mm movies, taken between 1940 and 1960, of the Brothers and Chapter during those decades on the 83" television (great for those Alumni whose sight is not quite as good as it was when they lived in the Chapter House). Everyone who attended enjoyed

the tasty buffet laid out in the basement dining room. Shrimp, chicken wings of many flavors and six-foot-subs satisfied all. Michael Carey, the Executive Vice President for Phi Sigma Kappa, flew in from our International Head-quarters in Indianapolis, Indiana to attend Eta's Open House. He was impressed both with the qual-ity and appearance of the Chapter House as well as the quality of the Brothers of Eta Chapter. The high-light of the event was the unveiling of the Six Col-umns Contributor Plaque. Over the past couple of years, many of Eta's Alumni, and their families, have unselfishly stepped forward to make contribu-tions to the fund which made it possible for Eta Chapter to obtain, furnish and maintain the new Chapter House. The Six Columns Plaque, predomi-nately displayed in the Chapter's Study Room above the ten foot cherry wood conference table, lists the names of all the contributors who made it possible to occupy the Chapter House. Named for the six white columns which stand at the front entrance to the House, the plaque dedicates each column to a

decade and lists the names of Alumni from that dec-ade who have contributed. The amazing weather allowed many to sit on the front porch and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Row. Brothers, Alumni and parents enjoyed playing a game or two of "cornhole" on the front lawn. The Study Room was soon transformed into a scene from "The Big Chill" as many Alumni from the Seventies gathered to reminisce and catch up with each other, including Bruce Gordon, Matt Smalley, Gary Kull and Gene Atwell. (Well maybe it was more like a scene from "Animal House" meets "The Bucket List".) Pictures of the event can be viewed at your Alumni Association sponsored Photo Vault at http://etaalumnivault.smugmug.com . I want to thank all the Parents and Alumni that joined us for this cele-bration and hope that many more of you will plan to be with us next year. Mark the date, Eta Chapter Open House: last Saturday of April, same day as MARYLAND DAY, April 26, 2014. We promise a beautiful and warm sunny day.

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Images from the Day. (upper left) Everyone enjoyed “food & fraternity” in the Dining Room; (above) Founding Fathers L.C. Miller ‘13 (yellow polo) and Gavin Bedell ’13 were on hand; (right) the brand new “Six Columns Plaque on display in the Study Room.


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Meet "Eta Terp", better know as "ET" (Spielberg is always copying us). The official mascot of the Eta Alumni Association. "ET" has a mission, in this the 4th year of the Eta Alumni Association, to travel the nation and meet all the distinguished Eta Alumni and see what interesting activities

in which they are engaging. So, next time you travel or are involved in some interesting activity, take "ET" along and send us a picture. We will publish all pictures in the upcoming Third Degree magazine issues so all the Eta Alumni can appreciate what our members are accomplishing.

Dodger Stadium Rusty Spur Saloon - Phoenix, AZ

Eta Terp & Alumni John Wright in Hollywood

On the Beach - LaJolla, CA

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Alumni Notes “I’m Hatman”? Brother Richard E. Mellinger ‘62 writes, “I'm living in the San Francisco Bay Area near my (extended) family. I've been mar-ried four times; just can't seem to get it right. I get back to Mary-land now and then and still con-sider it home. I've got the Mary-land State flag on my bedroom wall and root for the O's and Ra-vens. (Can't root too openly for the Ravens since they beat the 49'ers in the Super Bowl.) I'm still working as a project or grants manager. Retirement does not appeal to me. As per the picture, my nickname is "Hatman" and, under the influence of California, have cool tattoos on both arms and pierced ears. Stay strong, Brothers. - Dick Mellinger”

For #7 Residents... Bob Whiteley '56 has a special message for “Eta Alum’s that were in the #7 Home from ‘54-’56. Those were three of the most interesting years of my life. I lived in the house one semester with Jay Reid, Bob Hall and Charlie Fruend. I talked to Charlie recently – Bob Hall left us and I’ve lost track of Jay Reid. I was in the fraternity when big-BAD Jim Starnes was Chapter Presi-dent and I joined the year after Jim pulled off the stealing of the goat from the Naval Academy. From the years I was there, I only keep in touch with Bob Cooke, and once in a while I run into George Harrison and I recently saw Don Horner and have tried to talk them into joining us as alum’s – but no luck so far. The active Alum’s should feel proud how they have gotten the ETA chapter back in business. I sold my business in 2002 but kept my Corporation and still am em-ployed by the Corporation and trading the grains and the stock market – which I am out of since I got a sell signal in June. The economy on the Eastern Shore is still in the dumps – but I have a daughter (employed by Dell) in Raleigh, NC and their economy is booming. Me? My health is fine – and at my age everything else is secondary. I look forward to a

visit to the new Chapter and hope to see all the bright new men sometime in the near future. Kind regards to all.”

Legacies Abound Warren Wimer ‘62 writes, “After years of hearing about Phi Sig experiences and the lasting friendships created, not rushing was not an option for two grand-sons attending the University of Arizona. Sadly, for our grand-sons there is no Phi Sig presence in Tucson, so the Wimer Greek tradition lives on under the ban-ner of Sigma Chi. As a positive, from more than 2,600 miles dis-tant, the Greek tradition of Eta lives on, albeit in an attenuated way. As for Nancy and I, life continues to be good here on Lido Isle in Newport Beach. Having been mostly (about 80% that is) retired now for 5 years, we finally have plenty of time to ski, play tennis, kayak, party, road trip and generally enjoy. We’ll miss homecoming as we will be in Cancun, but are hoping for a Maryland vs. Arizona matchup in March Madness, which would be a fun conflict as our older grandson is a Wildcat player. Greetings to all, and par-ticularly the ‘50s generation.” Warren Wimer, ’62.

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The Eta “Fridge”The Eta “Fridge”

Be a part of our next Alumni Notes - send a photo and you might just see it reproduced on our refrigerator.

Here’s an image of Jim Charanis ‘87 at the beach in Hilton Head, South Carolina with his 13 year old daughter, Sophia. They got up early to watch the sunrise, establishing yet another Eta “first” - Jim Charanis rising early enough to see a sunrise. Jim seems to be gesturing to the photographer that the photo should be preserved for history.

Jim Charanis ‘87 and Robert (BobbyT) Troyano ‘86 were recently reunited. Troyano read on Facebook that Charanis was in Hilton Head and emailed Charanis. They got together, says Charanis, “for the first time in probably 26 years.”

Eric Vinson ’86 may or may not be able to be seen in this photo that he submitted (with the caption: “Go Lions”).

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and Tony Cina ‘73 is alive and well. Tony (second from right) was brought to the UM-WVU game by his daughter and stopped by the tailgate of our 2nd Vice President, John Wright ‘82 (second from left)for a surprise visit. Come to find out that Brother Wright’s daughter, Julianne (far left) has been friends with Brother Cina’s daughter, Michelle (far right) for some time - and only recently did the connection to Eta come to light. Tony was quoted as saying that the Eta Alumni Association is doing a great job, and he is still Damn Proud.

Les Young ‘62, was directed to the 1962 Composite where all within earshot agreed that not much had changed in fifty-one years. Lookin’ good, Brother!!


Get your photo on the Fridge in the next Alumni Notes ! Send your photo as an attachment to an e-mail, along with a paragraph about what’s happening with you, to: [email protected]


Stewart Carlyle Bushong , a.k.a. Bush, has had an exceptional ca-reer following his graduation with a degree in physics as a member of the class of 1958. He married Bettie Stephens, Delta Gamma, and his first job was with the USPHS allowing him to escape the Viet Nam War. His assign-ment was to the National Reactor Testing Station just outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho. There he as-sisted in the meltdown of the SL-1 nuclear reactor in 1960. He quickly took a better paying job at the Westinghouse Testing Reactor outside of Pittsburgh and then participated in melting down that reactor in 1964! Instead of following Westinghouse to Jack-ass Flats, Nevada, Bush pleaded with his advisor at the University of Pittsburg and landed a Teach-ing Assistant job. When he gradu-ated with his doctorate in medical physics in 1967 he joined the fac-ulty of the Baylor College of

Medicine (BCM) where he ex-celled academically in teaching, re-search, and publica-tion. Bush has au-thored over 150 sci-entific papers, 43 textbooks, and trained 356 resident radiologists and 1748 radiologic technologists. Bush continues on the fac-ulty at BCM but principally as a teaching professor and lecturer. We (the editors of The THIRD DEGREE) discovered a photo-graph of Bush (below) and asked him to comment. Apparently when he performs as a guest lec-turer he does so in hat, cap, wig, or costume depending on the sub-ject of the lecture. And each of the pieces in this montage repre-sents an area or country where Bush has lectured. One of his textbooks, “Radiologic Science

for Technologists” is the leading such textbook and has been translated into five other languages, therein lies the reason for the invitations to attend and/or speak ar many international conferences. We like the photo in the mid-dle with the Hindu turban. Bush tells us that his favorite is the

black wig in the upper right cor-ner. He stole that from our de-parted brother, Stanley Hames. Bush reports that Hames wore that wig because he was slick bald! Terry H. Chapman ’62 sent us a story about his good friend, Bob Lambert, who died last June. It portrays in part some of his ideas of what brotherhood and friend-ship are.

This morning June 24th, 2013, on the Swift River in western MA I had a series of unusual experi-ences; one very good, some good, and one very bad. I was fishing for the first time using the fly rod of a friend of mine who had passed away last year. Bob and I had shared the love of fishing and a quest for meaning in our lives. On the second cast I hooked and then brought to net a beautiful Rainbow trout. That's very good! Bob was certainly smiling now. Having accomplished my day's mission but not feeling done, I ventured forth along the path to-ward the famous Y pool and as I rounded a thickly wooded section of the path, I saw a Black Bear of

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a reasonably large size sauntering across the path and into the woods. Into the woods and hope-fully away from me is a good thing.

I made an about face and started toward my car for an early lunch when a large coal black squirrel ran in front of me; paused and looked at me as if to say, "So, a little timid are we now?" and then scampered into the woods, per-haps to join the bear at some spe-cial animal meeting? That's also good!

And the bad? I got to my car and wanting to fish some more, drove to the Cady Lane stretch of the Swift nearby and as I pulled to a stop, I looked to my right and saw my fly rod bending precariously; pushed the down window button and snap! Bob's rod, now mine, was broken in two. That's a very bad thing!

I felt bad as I drove away, unable to focus on the good things of the morning and wondered if I felt bad about the rod or because both the rod and Bob were not in ser-vice anymore? The rod I can fix.

Cecil Given ’68 writes, “We all lost touch with Brother Greg Barber ‘68. But I recently saw his name on the list of “non-members” and “Googled” him in Northport, NY, thinking that was an outdated address… and I found a website for his company www.gregbarberco.com. I checked it out, saw his picture…and it was actually Greg, just about 45 years older. I also noticed a link to another website on Greg’s website www.neilswheelsny.com and I opened it to read an amazing story about Greg and his son and what they have gone through dur-ing the past twenty-five years.

Greg called me and told me the story ----In the early 90’s Neil Barber, Greg’s son, was an all- county la-crosse player

at Manhasset High School , one of the best lacrosse programs in the nation (a few Phi Kap’s that we knew well from our era that played for Maryland’s National Champions were from Manhas-set…Jack Heim, Steve LaVaute, and Buddy DeHoust). Neil was destined for a college scholarship, but he was going through depres-sion problems, and was losing some of his athletic skills and motivation. Greg and his wife felt they were doing something wrong, or perhaps it was just age related, and maybe just Manhas-set peer pressure. It didn’t get any better, just much, much worse. I encourage you to read the story about Neil ---running away, being homeless, and what finally was diagnosed as schizophrenia, a mental illness that needs constant treatment, that led to Greg and Neil’s old lacrosse coach to start Neil’s Wheels. It’s like a story that you might see broadcast on “60 MINUTES”, and it deals with a problem that may have entered the life of someone in your family. Greg is excited to be back in the loop with his Brothers and would

Neil Barber Manhasset High School

Coach Bise, with Neil and Greg Barber


love to hear from anyone that has time to connect. He wants all of us to know about what happened to his family . And that if you have a similar issue it can im-prove. When you read Greg’s story you will see that he has helped so very many people over the years understand what they are living with and how they can handle it.

A Brother Who Shall Remain Anonymous sent this photo (at right)to us with this cap-tion - “In all my years of having acted as the Eta House Manager, and with all the vast im-provements to com-puters and electron-ics, it warms my heart to know that, when the Summer is over and the Fall semester is about to begin, the repair lists are being compiled the same way I did them oh so many years ago.

Under the Eta Alumni Association's "Robert G. "Bob" Pemberton, H'58, Rings & Pins Program", Phi Sigma Kappa fra-ternity pins, donated by alumni of the Eta Chapter, are awarded to Chapter members for outstanding performance.

Since the initial awards to all Eta Colony officers on March 12, 2011, each incoming Chapter President has been presented a pin with guard and the president's gavel dan-gle. Each donated pin set is accompanied by a biographical sketch prepared by the alumnus donor of the pin.

New pin donations are essential and very much appreciated. If you have any ques-tions, please feel free to contact Wayne H. Bethards, ‘59, First Vice President, by phone at 410-730-2173 or via email at [email protected]

A pearl pin donated by Lance Billingsley, H'61 was presented by John J. B. Wright, H'82 to his son, John L. P. Wright, H'15, upon his installation as President of the Eta Chapter.


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APRIL 26, 2014 - SAVE THE DATE!

These events don’t come together all by themselves. We could use some HELP. If you are at all interested in helping with these two events, or other events,

we’d like to hear from you. Drop us an E-Mail at [email protected] and tell us how you’d like to help.

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3rd Annual Open House3rd Annual Open House At the Chapter House! Reunite with Alumni - Meet the Active Members! Celebrate the Return of Eta to Fraternity Row! In conjunction with “Maryland Day” festivities hosted by the University of Maryland, the Eta Alumni Association will be welcoming alumni from across the country who will visit our new Chapter

House, re-connect with roommates as well as Big and Little Brothers, meet the Active members of the Eta Chapter and experience the numerous improvements that will have been made to the new home of the Eta Chapter. Make plans now to be in College Park on April 26th, and RSVP with the number of attendees in your party. We’re also very interested in finding volunteers to help with our 2nd Annual Open House – write us with your RSVP, and your ability to lend a hand, via e-mail at [email protected] !

OCTOBER 25-26, 2013 - BE THERE!


Our Campaign - by the Numbers

$129,932 Raised To-Date

181 Pledges Received To-Date

* Gifts in support of the University of Maryland are accepted and managed by the University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc., an affiliated 501c(3) organization authorized by the Board of Regents. Gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law. Please consult your tax advisor.

656 Days

of Active Fund-Raising

The Commemorative “Six Columns” Plaque was unveiled at our 2nd Annual

Open House on April 27, 2013

The Plaque measures 24” x 36”

The names on the plaque are a virtual Eta

“Who’s Who”

Tax-Deductible” Contributions to the

“Six Columns” Fund are still being accepted.


J. Edward Thomas 1945 Warren J. Tripp 1950 Charles R. Wilds 1950 David B. Lloyd 1951 John S. Bingham 1952 James C. Pearson 1952 Thomas M. Russell 1952 Jerry C. Tobin 1952 Richard D. Walker 1953 Francis P. Zurmuhlen 1953 Allen J. Krowe 1954 Philip R. Lamb 1954 Robert A. Margulies 1954 James E. Kenkel 1955 Charles E. Murray 1955 James E. Starnes 1955 Robert C. Cooke 1956 Eugene E. Langellotto 1956 Donald R. Lewis 1956 Allyn H. Myers 1956 Grady A. Vickers, Jr. 1956 Robert O. Whiteley 1956 Lary L. Acker 1957 Boyd I. Bounds 1957 Richard D. Gibbs, Jr. 1957 Thomas O. Nichols 1957 John H. Treadway 1957 Joseph D. Brown 1958 Stewart C. Bushong 1958 John W. Dorsey, Jr. 1958 Eugene E. Kelley 1958 Robert G. Pemberton 1958 Ernest R. Wall 1958 Wayne H. Bethards 1959 John M. Capants 1959 John J. Humbert, III 1959 Thomas J. Morgan 1959 John R. Wicklein 1959 Warren B. Moulthrop 1960 Robert M. Payne 1960 Louis V. Roy 1960 James H. Wood, Jr. 1960 Robert A. Yellowlees 1960 Lance W. Billingsley 1961 Phillip A. Cole 1961 James E. Fox 1961 Lucian S. Heflin, Jr. 1961 James J. Hill 1961 Richard M. Johnston 1961 William B. Binch 1962 Richard E. Mellinger 1962 Michael J. Stevenson 1962 Warren B. Wimer, Esq. 1962 Leslie David Young 1962 Russell T. Aaronson 1963 Edward G. Banks 1963 Terry J. Billingsley 1963 William F. Funk 1963 Philip R. Rever 1963 Wayne I. Robertson 1963 John P. Scancarella 1963 John R. Tydings 1963 Robert H. Heller, Jr. 1964 Thomas V. "Mike" Miller 1964 Ronald G. Rayne, Esq. 1964 Adrian G. Teel 1964

Thomas W. Arata 1965 Walter E. Laake, Jr. 1965 John N. Rever 1965 John P. Smith 1965 Elwood V. Stark, Jr. 1965 Albert W. Zahniser, III 1965 Michael A. Grieb 1966 Robert C. Mister 1966 Joseph E. Smith, Jr. 1966 Robert E. Masterson 1967 James D. Reese 1967 William H. Brewster 1968 A. James Comi 1968 Cecil A. Given III 1968 Roland L. MacDonald 1968 Harry T. Murphy 1968 Roland S. Adkins 1969 James C. Hyatt 1969 Edward P Becker 1970 Claude A. Bogley 1970 Mark W. McNutt 1970 Stephen L. Miller 1970 David J. Crowley 1971 David H. Whitehill 1971 Oscar L. Reksten 1973 Leon A. Boulavsky 1975 Bruce W. Beitzer 1976 Morgan A. Connor 1976 Thomas G. Dimka 1976 William B. Gable 1976 Daniel S. Newell 1976 John C. Sauer, Jr. 1976 James E. Allen 1977 Eugene A. Atwell 1977 Michael A. Boulavsky 1977 David G. Bourdon 1977 Frederic W. Vogelgesang 1977 William R. Walsh 1977 Douglas P. Bach 1978 William R. Gross 1978 Stephen O. Cooper 1979 Bruce L. Gordon 1979 Richard A. Brown 1980 Dennis G. Phelan 1980 Anthony D. Becker 1981 Guy L. Copperthite 1981 Harry L. Geller 1981 Russell R. O'Haver 1981 Steven P. Baker 1982 Joseph E. Criscuoli 1982 Todd B. Hoffman 1982 David E. Lamolinara 1982 Michael L. McGown 1982 John J.B. Wright, Esq. 1982 John K. Schneider 1983 Gregory Zurmuhlen 1983 Clyde E. Taber 1984 John M. Arena 1985 Jim H. Fields, Esq. 1985 Patrick L. McGeough 1985 Robert M. Mondonedo 1985 Richard M. Schindel 1985 Scott D. Crown 1986 Daniel C. Curry 1986 Norb Garrett 1986 Robert P. Lamolinara 1986

H. Christopher Malone 1986 Phillip N. Scott 1986 Robert M. Troyano 1986 Roger L. Boothe 1987 James A. Charanis 1987 James V. Gilder 1987 Kenneth A. Hall 1987 John H. Parsons 1987 Frederick D. Straub 1987 David M. Zwick 1988 Andrew D. Cameron 1989 Louis J. Schwartz 1989 Matt N. Davis 1990 Jack S. Herling 1990 David M. Schwartz 1991 Etan Z. Gopstein 1992 Eric G. Madden 1994 Jay B. Gibbon 1995 Joseph A. Campanella III 1997 Peter J. Della-Croce 1999

Dr. Drury G. Bagwell

Phi Sigma Kappa Court of Honor

Dr. Anthony Fusaro Phi Sigma Kappa Court of Honor

Tim Vojtasko

Phi Sigma Kappa Court of Honor

Lucy Emory Ambach, John B. Emory,

Katherine B. Emory, and Richard W. Emory, Jr.

In Memory of German H. H. Emory 1903

Roger L. Boothe ‘87 and

Jennifer L. Boothe In Memory of

Helen J. Boothe

Leon A. Boulavsky ‘75, Morgan A. Connor ‘76, William R. Gross ‘78,

Stephen O. Cooper ‘79 and Una A. Cooper

In Memory of Sherod Cooper ‘77

William H. Brewster ‘68

In Memory of Martin J. Mesmer ‘68

Carol Joan Folio In Memory of

Dr. William Grady Franklin ‘54

Dr. John J. Humbert III ‘59 In Memory of

Mary Ann Humbert, his Wife and William D. Willis, Jr.’58

Roland L. MacDonald ‘68 In Memory of

Vincent M. Guida ‘66

Jane M. McCarl In Memory of

Dr. Clayton S. McCarl, Sr. ‘52

Thomas M. Russell ‘52 In Memory of

Mary Jane Russell, his Wife

Gregory Zurmuhlen ‘83 In Memory of

Francis P. Zurmuhlen ‘53, his Father, and Mark J. Zurmuhlen ‘11,

his Brother.

An Anonymous Donor In Memory of

Dr. Irwin Goldstein


Stanley W. Hames ’57


Jesse Graham Holland ‘56


James P. Sullivan

Anonymous Donors In Memory of

William P. Cummins ‘60 John M. Proctor ‘60

James J. Hill ‘61 Theodore W. White ’61

Raymond K. Gundersdorff ‘62 Paul E. Harris ‘62

William B. Wilson ‘62 Wilson R. Bounds ‘63 Edward J. Gilmore ‘63 Frederick F. Richter ‘63

Richard B. Clow ‘64 William Crisp ‘64

Jerry O. Duffey ‘64 Peter Balys ‘65

Michael O. Connaughton ‘65 Edward A. Stanford ‘65 Richard J. Walsh ‘65

Leonard Donmoyer ‘66 Vince M. Guida‘66 John Lebold ‘66

Lawrence H. Johnson ‘67 Augustus Sclafani ‘67

Edward Giblin ‘68 Martin J. Mesmer ‘68 Bruce E. Smith ‘68

William Russell Lovett ‘69 Brian McHugh ‘69

SIX COLUMNS Honor Roll of DonorsHonor Roll of Donors


Donations Class-by-Class 1945 $100.00 1950 $515.00 1951 $400.00 1952 $3,200.00 1953 $1,100.00 1954 $3,300.00 1955 $1,900.00 1956 $4,600.00 1957 $7,000.00 1958 $3,600.00 1959 $3,300.00 1960 $4,950.00 1961 $4,600.00 1962 $7,775.00 1963 $10,050.00 1964 $5,650.00 1965 $3,800.00 1966 $2,765.00 1967 $1,100.00 1968 $1,550.00 1969 $300.00 1970 $2,900.00 1971 $700.00 1973 $100.00 1975 $536.00 1976 $2,300.00 1977 $4,950.00 1978 $1,100.00 1979 $2,650.00 1980 $2,200.00 1981 $4,450.00 1982 $5,200.00 1983 $50.00 1984 $2,050.00 1985 $13,700.00 1986 $7,850.00 1987 $3,491.00 1988 $100.00 1989 $700.00 1990 $300.00 1991 $100.00 1992 $150.00 1994 $350.00 1995 $50.00 1997 $100.00 1999 $500.00 (Non-Eta) $1,800.00

Missing in Action... These Eta Classes are looking for their first donation:

1946 1947 1948 1949 1972 1974 1993 1996 1998 2000 2001 2002 2010 2011 2012

Donations by Decade 40’s 1 $100 50’s 41 $28,915 60’s 56 $43,040 70’s 25 $15,236 80’s 41 $39,791 90’s 8 $1,500 00’s 0 $0 10’s 0 $0 Non-Eta 9 $1,300

There exists a unique opportunity for a donor, and/or groups of

donors, to secure naming rights for many parts of the new home of the Eta Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa.

Naming rights are offered on a first-come first-donated basis, and

are acknowledged with a decorative plaque to be displayed for a period of twenty-five years from our move-

in date of January 25, 2012.

Dial 301-206-5472 TODAY to Reserve Your Naming Rights,

Register Your Pledge, and make your Tax-Deductible*

Donation* to

*Gifts in support of the University of Maryland are accepted and managed by the University of Maryland College

Park Foundation Inc., an affiliated 501c(3) organization authorized by the

Board of Regents. Gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Please consult your tax advisor.

Campaign Directors: Wayne H. Bethards ‘59 Joseph E. Criscuoli ‘82 Peter J. Della-Croce ‘99

Todd B. Hoffman ‘82 Phillip R. Rever ‘63

John J. B. Wright, Esq. ‘82

Campaign Chairmen: Lary L. Acker ‘57

James E. Allen ‘77 Drury G. Bagwell ‘64 Edward P. Becker ‘70

Lance J. Billingsley ‘61 Terry J. Billingsley ‘63 Claude A. Bogley ‘70

Andrew D. Cameron ‘89 James A. Charanis ‘87

Jim H. Fields, Jr. Esq. ‘85 Bruce L. Gordon ‘79

Hon. James E. Kenkel ‘55 Allen J. Krowe ‘54

Walter E. Laake, Jr. Esq. ‘65 David E. Lamolinara ‘82

H. Christopher Malone ‘86 Patrick L. McGeough ‘83

Hon. Thomas V. “Mike” Miller ‘64 R. Russ O’Haver ‘81

Robert G. Pemberton ‘58 Oscar L. Reksten ‘73 James E. Starnes ‘55

Adrian G. Teel ‘64 Jerry C. Tobin ‘52

John R. Tydings ‘63 Warren B. Wimer, Esq. ‘62

Leslie David Young ‘62 Francis P. Zurmuhlen ‘53

Naming Rights Still Available


Chapter Eternal

The Executive Committee regrets to report that the following Brothers of Eta Chapter have entered the Chapter Eternal since the publication of the last issue of The THIRD DEGREE, and ask that you join us in

prayers for our departed Brothers and their families.

Warren Herzog Eta Class of 1951 September 22, 1925 – January 12, 2013

Warren Francis Herzog, 87, of Cornwall and formerly of Goshen, died Jan. 28, 2013, at Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, New York. He was born Sept. 22, 1925, in Hackensack, N.J., to parents Herbert Herzog and Loretta (Tootsie) Keehn Herzog, according to Quigley Bros. Funeral Home, which handled his funeral arrangements and published his obituary. He was retired from sales with Caldwell Supply Co. in Trenton. Warren served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943-45. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Agricultural Economics and was president of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity in 1951. Warren was a member of Gate and Key, the Agricultural Economics Club and the Interfraternity Council. He also was a member of St. John's Church in Goshen, Cataract Engine Company & Fire Police, Goshen Lions and Ocean Pines Fire Ambulance Company. He served as a volunteer with Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Md., was a founding member of Goshen Recreation and also was a founding board member of Arden Hill Hospital and Atlantic General Hospital. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Jane Hopkins Herzog; three daughters, Betty Bennett and her husband, Mike Becker, Diana McNally and her husband, Sean, and Judy Railey and her husband, Dave Storms; a son, John Herzog and his wife, Tara; 10 grandchildren, Brittany and Charles Bennett, Brian and Kevin McNally, Danny, Brad and Samantha Railey, and Aly, Ryan and Casey Herzog; and a sister, Lila Bruce. He was preceded in death by his parents, Loretta (Tootsie) and Herbert Herzog; and a brother, William Herzog. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on February 1, 2013 at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, 340 Hudson St., in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Contributions may be made to Cataract Engine and Hose, 40 Green St., Goshen, NY 10924 or Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Company, 911 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, MD 21811.

Warren Herzog 1951 Gerald M. Isbell 1952

Thomas C. Allder 1964

Robert R. Thacker 1965 Mark J. Zurmuhlen 2011


The Eta Alumni Association is responsible for notifications sent to our International Headquarters concerning Brothers who have entered the Chapter Eternal. A complete listing of the Brothers of Eta Chapter who have

entered the Chapter Eternal is available on our website. Please provide any updates or corrections to this list to Wayne Bethards, via e-mail at [email protected] or via U.S. Mail addressed to

10521 Morning Wind Lane, Columbia, MD 21044-2416, or via phone at 410-730-2173.

Gerald M. Isbell Eta Class of 1952

Dr. Gerald Marshall Isbell, Jr., 83, passed away peacefully June 23rd, in his Bradenton, Florida, home. He was surrounded by those he loved, and who loved him. A man of intellect and integrity, he was an inspiration to others by the way he lived his life. Gerald joined the U.S. Marine Corps, following high school, serving during both WWII and the Korean War. Attended the University of Maryland and graduated as a Doctor of Dentistry, also sharing in membership of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Upon graduation he joined the Air Force, and then in the early '60s, he moved his family to Bradenton and became the first dentist in Sun City Center. There he opened his office and continued to practice for the next fifty years, what started as treating patients quickly grew to treating lifelong friends. He was active in many civic organizations; a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Advisory Board of the Sun City Center Bank (later SunTrust), Charter member of the Rotary Club where he was honored as a recipient of the Paul Harris Fellowship Award for his contributions to humanitarian causes. On a lighter note he was an enthusiastic member of the Red Neck Goat Ropers of Ruskin. In Bradenton; he was a leader of the Boy Scouts, served on the Board of the Boys Club. Making his mark as a mentor and role model to many. He was a member of the Bradenton Yacht Club, an active golfer, and an avid reader. Gerald had a great pas-sion for boating and travel. A devoted family man he is survived by his wife of 62 years, June F Isbell; his children Gerald M. Isbell III, Susan I. Phipps, and David P. Isbell; as well as seven grandchildren, Luisa, Faith, and Gabriel Isbell, Jennifer, Jillian, and Jaime Phipps and Veronica Isbell; and his beloved walking companion Charlie.

Anyone wishing to make a gift of remembrance may send to NAMI Manatee, 628 Emerald Lane, Holmes Beach, FL 34217.


September 26, 1940 - July 15, 2013

Thomas C. Allder, Sr., 72 of Annapolis, Maryland, and formerly of Fort Washington, MD, passed away peacefully on July 15th at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. Mr. Allder, husband of Myrna (Robey) Allder, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1940 to the late H. Clifford Allder and Regina McCloskey; brother to the late Carol Allder Dutko. Tom grew up in Chevy Chase, MD and attended Gonzaga and Bethesda Chevy Chase High Schools. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He attended the Maryland School of Law, Baltimore and was a Clerk for the Montgomery County Circuit Court in Maryland. Tom was employed for more than 30 years by the Washington Post as a Circulation Manager, retiring in 2001. He was a past member of the Tantallon Country Club in Fort Washington, MD, and most recently he enjoyed his retirement working and playing golf at the Potomac Ridge Golf Course in Waldorf, MD. Outside of work, Tom enjoyed spending time with family and friends whether it be playing golf, traveling, telling and listening to good stories, or relaxing with his dog Kirby, affectionately known as “Boomer”. He especially enjoyed his lunch dates with his beloved Myrna for whom he shared a deep love and friendship for many years. They were to celebrate their 28th wedding anniver-sary on July 19th. Tom cherished traveling to Rhode Island to visit his children and grandchil-dren, frequently making the drive North with a bushel of steamed Chesapeake Bay crabs to share with family and friends. He was a devoted friend to many, and loving father to Thomas C., Jr., his wife Catherine, Matthew V., his wife Kristin, and Elizabeth J. Allder-Wordell, of Little Compton, RI and Charlene Robey of Annapolis, MD. Grandfather of Joshua, Jessica, Samuel, Claire, Rebecca and Benjamin, all of Little Compton, RI. A private memorial service was held.

Thomas C. Allder, Sr. Eta Class of 1964


Robert Richard Thacker Eta Class of 1965 September 29, 1943 - December 9, 2012 Robert R. Thacker – Robert Richard (Dick) Thacker, age 69, of Fairfax, Virginia passed suddenly on December 9, 2012, at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. A native of Norristown, Pennsylvania; Dick graduated from Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, and from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Zoology. Dick retired from Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in April 2011 as the Director of Environmental Programs, Mission IT, with forty years of experience in planning and directing environmental programs. For thirty years Dick supported EPA's Contract Laboratory Program's (CLP's) Sample Management Office and was its Program Manager for twenty-three years. The CLP provides data of known and documented quality to support Superfund data users in their cleanup of uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and other environmental hazards across the country. Dick was an avid runner, hiker and enjoyed kayaking for many years. He competed in numerous10K races as well as ran in both the Marine Corp and Honolulu Marathons. He hiked and kayaked locally, in Shenandoah, Hawaii, Key West, and most recently, Maine. He especially liked hiking off the trail, looking for native plants, and always looking for animals and birds. Dick was actively involved in his son Christopher's Boy Scout Troop, serving on committees and participating in their many camping and hiking trips as well as their Sea Base Florida adventure. He loved to cook - especially for family and friends. Thanksgiving dinner was always a favorite; fried turkeys, numerous side dishes, and too many pies. He is survived by his wife of thirty-three years, Roberta Nantier Thacker; his son, Christopher Robert Thacker; his sisters Liesa Finkbiner, Claire Reagan, Barbara Seuffert and Arlene Reagan; his aunt, Sandra Updegrove Lawler; and fifteen nieces and nephews.

Those who would like to prepare a tribute to a Brother of Eta Chapter who has entered the Chapter Eternal may submit content for publication in The THIRD DEGREE via e-mail to [email protected] or via U.S.

Mail addressed to 12806 Silverbirch Lane, Laurel, MD 20708.

Manuscripts and photographs are submitted at the sender’s risk. Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of materials. Submission of material implies a right to edit and publish all or in part.


W e have been blessed these past three years to have had the opportunity to count amongst the members of our Executive Committee Brothers

Wayne H. Bethards ‘59 and Peter J. Della-Croce ‘99. Unfortunately, by the time that the next issue of our award-winning magazine lands in your mailbox, Wayne and Peter will have left their positions of leadership within our association. We will miss them dearly. We will remember their dedication to our mission, their commitment to the motto “There is no ’I’ in ’team’”, their rejection of politics and gamesmanship, and the way the five of us forged a strong working harmony in so short a period of time. Each and every time we take a vote we will miss the jokes, catcalls, interruptions, side-ways glances and speeches. Or is it that they will miss those things? It was, in no small part, with these Brothers in mind that the Eta Alumni Association trademarked the tagline “The Most Dangerous Alumni Executive Committee in the Country”. Our meetings, referred to as “The Circus” have always featured peals of laughter - whether a result of Peter’s deadpan reac-tions to news items, or Wayne’s sly and knowing observations.

As volunteers - those who have stepped forward to recruit, fundraise, and spread the word that our Brotherhood is not “just a college thing” but, rather, that we are Brothers for life - these two Brothers have very few equals. They have the distinction of having played a key role in the re-chartering of the Eta Chapter, in building an alumni association twice recognized for excellence by our International Headquarters and the largest Phi Sig alumni asso-ciation in the nation, and for being elevated by our Grand President to the Fourth Degree. Those they leave behind will have to pick up the slack, and it is readily acknowledged that the rope burns we will receive will be plenty painful. In the coming days and weeks we hope you will reach out to Wayne and Peter and thank them for their service to our association, for stepping forward when asked to revitalize our association, and for being excellent ambassadors for our Chapter and our Fraternity. Damn Proud,

The Executive Committee of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

A Final Thought...

“Damn Proud” “Damn Proud”


Joe Criscuoli 301.206.5472

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